Archive for January, 2008

Load the sun into your bag with Sunload Solar power bags

Sunload a Germany based company that puts sun in bags has already a nice range of different Solar bags starting from the Messenger models available in many different color combination to the Business bags and trolley up to the briefcase with solar panel.

But there is more coming out of Sunload as they announced new models [...]


High Tech meets High Fashion - Computational Couture

This Wednesday, January 30, fashionistas and techies will come together in Boston’s Museum of Science where SEAMLESS takes place, a fashion show that fuses cutting-edge style with the latest advances in technology.
20 selected, emerging designer teams from around the globe will send down the catwalk ‘computational couture’ that push the boundaries of wearable technology.
Models wearing [...]


Heated gloves for your cold fingers

Cold fingers rule at the moment, at least in the northern hemisphere. Waiting for the bus or train, skiing or snowboarding in the mountains, your fingers are the first hit be low temperatures.
Let’s have a look again to the heated glove market if there is a warm alternative to cold fingers. Sure, using good quality [...]


Catch the sun to glow during the night

Mountain sports outfitter VAUDE from Germany shows at the ispo winter 2008 an interesting concept they developed for high end Outdoor Jackets, the Hybrid Performance System of its new Argon Line.
The Argon line is the most performance enhancing clothing concept for alpinists: all layers are perfectly fine-tuned to each other to reach the highest level [...]


Intelligent Textiles and Clothing - book review

Integrating intelligent textiles into clothing is an exciting field as you can see by checking out our blog.
Over the holiday season I had some spare time to read a book titled: ‘Intelligent textiles and clothing’ edited by Dr Heikki Mattila, Professor of Textile and Clothing Technology at Tampere University of Technology, Finland.
This is one of [...]


Wearable Electronic manufacturer WEEL Technologies

After the transfer of Eleksen to Peratech, another transfer in the Wearable Electronic space took place to strengthen the design and manufacturing base of interactive fashion: WEEL Technologies has successfully completed a management buy-out of the Wearable Electronics company FITRIGHT Industrial which has designed and manufactured Wearable Electronic components into Apparel, Bag and Accessory products [...]


Skullcandy H2O LINK Hydration Pack with Speakers

Skullcandy’s H2O LINK Hydration Pack with integrated Speakers is already around for some time but it seems justified to beam it up as another option for iPod yielding hikers, bikers and other outdoor fans.
This ultra-cool backpack keeps you hydrated and entertained on those long trips. The build-in water bag holds 72 ounces in a [...]


Not everything is fine and shiny - Burton Audex iPod AMP Backpack

By all the enthusiasm for everything Wearable Electronic here on talk2myShirt we do not forget that not everything is perfect. Our post today is a reflection of reader feedback we got which we value very much.
We do not have any relations to the companies who’s products we introduce on our blog and we do not [...]


iConnect Pillow for a cozy sound

Although the ‘i‘ in the name of the iConnect™ Pillow might imply it works only with the all time favorite iPod, it is actually not the case.
The iConnect™ Pillow works with everything that has an 3.5mm headphone port which 99.99% of all portable audio player have.
To manage your expectations, this speaker pillow like many others [...]


Hot(spot) fashion: Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt

Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt’s are not new on the block but they do get a bit better looking all time. Our last introduction of Thinkgeek’s Wi-Fi Detecting T-Shirt was already a good looking T-Shirt, yeah, it is a bit geeky to wear them but hey - life should be fun as well.
You get always people talking [...]